Direct Schools Admission scheme will be reviewed: MOESINGAPORE: The Education Ministry (MOE) is undertaking a review of the Direct Schools Admission (DSA) scheme, Acting Minister of Education (Schools) Ng Chee Meng announced in Parliament on Friday (Apr 8). In his speech as part of the Committee of Supply debate, Mr Ng said that the ministry wants to allow more students to benefit from the DSA scheme, and tap on the range of programmes schools offer. This will complement the announced changes to the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) system, he added. Currently, the DSA-Sec scheme allows secondary school to select Primary 6 students for admission into Secondary 1 based on their achievements and talents, even before the PSLE results are released. Mr Ng noted that while many students have benefitted from the scheme, there was some unevenness in how different schools select their DSA students. He added that MOE will undertake the review of the scheme with two guiding principles. Firstly, MOE aims to (more...)